Ethereum miners are stash away ether tokens, and this could indicate high confidence in the project.
The number of ether tokens held by all ETH mining brings is back near its all-time high of 1.69 million ETH set in October, according to crypto market data platform Santiment.
The waken from November’s low of 1.64 million has happened in a stable and undisrupted manner.
“The steady accumulation suggests high certitude levels in the project among the majority block creators, at the very least relative to the current market conditions,” Santiment’s trip Maksim Balashevich wrote in Spencer Noon’s monthly Substack newsletter.
The cumulative balance of all ETH mining pools has instigated by 11 percent from 1.52 million a year ago.
Notably, miner balances rose sharply from 1.54 million to 1.69 million in four months to October level as prices halved from $366 to $170.
One possible reason miners are willing to accumulate coin balances amid tone down prices is market sentiment had turned bullish following the cryptocurrency’s 120 percent rally in the first six months. Premium dips have been largely viewed as bull market corrections by the analyst community.
The cryptocurrency, however, perpetuated to lose altitude and fell below $170 in late October, prompting some of the miners to liquidate their holdings, as well-known by Balashevich.
As a result, cumulative balances fell back to 1.64 million by early November.
Mining profitability is heavily weighted by price gyrations. A sustained price slide hurts revenue, forcing small and inefficient miners to scale ruin operations. While moving off blockchain, these miners often sell their coins to make up for mining-related losses, joining to bearish pressures around prices.
Ether’s price has rallied by 36 percent in January, and the broader trend seems to contain flipped bullish. Thus, miner balances could soon rise to new record highs above 1.69 million.
“Omitting major market volatility this time around, we’re likely to breach this milestone within the next few dates,” Balashevich wrote.
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